- A day after being raided by the CBI over allegations of corruption in the liquor policy, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia launches a scathing attack on the centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 'misusing' the central agencies. 'The BJP-ruled central government is not worried about the excise fraud, it is worried about Arvind Kejriwal because they see him as the prime challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming general elections,' Mr Sisodia says, adding that the 2024 election will be battle between the AAP and the BJP. 2. Delhi Congress leaders and workers stage a protest outside the Aam Admi Party office demanding the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy. The protesters march from the Delhi Congress office at DDU Marg towards AAP headquarters raising slogans against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia. 3. Flood fury in three states, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Railway Bridge collapses in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra, flash floods near Vaishno Devi. Shrine halts the yatra for a while and flash floods after heavy rain in Dehradun as well. 4. At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official says, as security forces continue to battle gunmen holed up inside. Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group stormed the popular Hayat Hotel in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts. 5. Japan reports a staggering 261000 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase so far. The average daily deaths are now also at a record high of over 250. 6. A week after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage at a literary event, writers and friends of the Mumbai-born author gather at the New York Public Library and read from his works, expressing their solidarity with him and his 'relentless' advocacy for free expression. 7. Apple discloses serious security vulnerabilities for iPhone, iPad and Mac models that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. Apple releases two security reports about the issue, although they haven't received wide attention outside of tech publications. Apple's explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get 'full admin access' to the device. That would allow intruders to impersonate the device's owner and subsequently run any software in their name, says Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security. 8. A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the 'Beatles' is sentenced to life in prison by a US court for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. El Shafee Elsheikh, 34, is given eight concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole after being convicted in April of hostage-taking, conspiracy to murder US citizens and supporting a terrorist organization.